The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services issued a health alert Monday concerning a reported increase in norovirus outbreaks. Since late September of this year, 12 confirmed or suspected...

The number of cholera cases in Haiti increased to two or more times the numbers observed prior to Hurricane Matthew, which landed on Oct. 4, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reported today. Through...

Health officials with Public Health – Seattle & King County reported the diagnosis of Vibrio vulnificus in a King County resident recently. The 50-something woman was diagnosed two weeks ago with...

The Texas Department of State Health Services and Cameron County Department of Health and Human Services today announced the first case of Zika virus disease likely transmitted by a mosquito in Texas....

The first HIV vaccine efficacy study to launch anywhere in seven years is now testing whether an experimental vaccine regimen safely prevents HIV infection among South African adults. The study, called...

Research on the mosquito-borne Rift Valley fever in east Africa and the Arabian Peninsula shows that current surveillance systems are unable to detect the virus in livestock before it spreads to humans....

The outbreak of cholera in the southern Ghana city of Cape Coast has grown to 400 cases since it began about one month ago, according to a local media report. The University of Cape Coast hospital has...

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In a follow-up on the malaria epidemic in Venezuela this year, according to a statement from the Venezuelan Society of Public Health Network, the local transmission case tally has grown to 200,000 through...

LSG Sky Chefs Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. announced recently that it is issuing a voluntary recall for sandwiches containing hummus spread and sold at several 7-Eleven stores around the country, to include: 7-Eleven...